It is 9/5/03 and 2:15 in the afternoon, wildflowers are in full bloom, and CSX Q649 is southbound splitting the Monon semaphores formerly located at Romney, IN. Fujichrome Velvia.

Smoke and fire!

RS 40 has GP38-2 261, MP15AC 159, 7 loaded C&D, and 12 empty stone hoppers viewed passing the ABS signal that protect westbound moves onto the Central Branch. The crew finished switching One Worl... (more)

CSX loaded coal train N760 exits the 7,854 foot Sandy Ridge Tunnel north of Dante

CSX train L452 splits the CPL's in the small town of Holton, IN on its way to Cincinnati.

CSX train L452 makes its way for Cincinnati as it splits CPLs at Nebraska, IN.

After making a pickup at the EE Butlerville, CSX train L452 splits the CPLs as it heads for Cincinnati.

King of the Night: NS 1181 leads manifest 13Z southbound through the N&W CPLs in Vesuvius, Virginia that are due to all be taken down within the next year.

The former automatic D&H Searchlight style signal at milepost 8.1 in the City of Cohoes which protected the siding for Mohawk Paper brightens in the early evening as the 450 swifts by northbound b... (more)

Lackawanna Railroad train 6 the PHOEBE SNOW with 816 in the lead, passing through Waverly on September 6, 1959. The DL&W trains were operating by trackage rights over the Erie Main through Wav... (more)

The Southwest Chief zips past the wig wag at Delhi

Over two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, an SP unit with patina leads a southbound manifest through the sagebrush plains of Siskiyou County's Butte Valley.

During the early evening, Z323 returns lite power too Kenwood as the CP 2252 & 2260 round the curve at Beaver Dam Rd. with the fixed approach signal for the yard during the beginning of a snowfall... (more)

The Conrail heritage unit leads NS 12Z north by the CPL at control point PKIN in Vesuvius, VA.

The Conrail heritage unit leads NS 12Z north by the CPL in Vesuvius, VA.